Interfax reports that the city council of Hungary’s capital Budapest voted unanimously Thursday to support the city’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
Gabor Demszky, Budapest’s Mayor said, “the city assembly took the first step towards the 2020 Budapest Summer Olympic Games. It is now certain that Budapest wishes to bid for the Olympics, but the government still has to make a decision by 2011”.
The assembly also reportedly narrowed down to two the potential locations where the Olympics would be held. One is the area around Hungary’s man sports stadium close to the centre of the city, while the other is on an island of the Danube River in a suburb of Budapest.
The assembly is to take a final vote on the location at the end of 2007.
Construction work would be carried out on 500 hectares in Budapest, while three new bridges built on the Danube River and at least one metro line, four football stadiums, 11 new sports centres, 61 km of new city roads, 300 km of highways and 400 km of country roads.
The International Olympic Committee is expected to select the host city of the 2020 Summer Games in 2013, reports Interfax.
